Stefan McDaniel

Speaking of prejudice against conservatives , Emily Bazelon, writing in Slate , is worried that liberal children tend to be too viciously and close-mindedly partisan: Our kids are raised on a steady diet of tolerance, but, given the chance, they signal allegiance by turning on whomever they can pin . . . . Continue Reading »

Herder Press is doing the world the great favor of publishing Benedict XVI’s complete theological works. The first volume to be published (of the sixteen planned) is not, oddly enough, Volume I, but Volume XI, which comprises Benedict’s writings on the liturgy. An article on Chiesa . . . . Continue Reading »

Ryan T. Anderson and Sherif Girgis have just published a blistering refutation of Doug Kmiec’s most recent attempt at justifying his support for Barack Obama. The piece represents perhaps the most concise and complete case against Kmiec’s position articulated so far. Kmiec’s . . . . Continue Reading »

Voting for Obama for sake of having a black president would be irresponsibly self-indulgent, but few would deny that there’s something moving in this story from Texas: Amanda Jones, 109, the daughter of a man born into slavery, has lived a life long enough to touch three centuries. And after . . . . Continue Reading »

Want to escape from election-mania without severe withdrawal symptoms? Start weaning yourself off the constant, intense coverage by checking out this appreciative retrospective on the presidency of George W. Bush . . . . . Continue Reading »

I’m reading Freedom Just Around the Corner , Walter McDougall’s delightful tour of American history from the colonial period to the age of Jackson. His main claim is that Americans are “hustlers,” both in the sense of shrewd, industrious, creative go-getters and in the sense . . . . Continue Reading »

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After thirty-five years of living under Roe v. Wade , many pro-life Americans are understandably weary. This frustration makes them more receptive to the arguments of those who claim that the battle against legal abortion has simply been lost, and that the only sensible goal now is to enact social . . . . Continue Reading »

Elaine Lafferty, pro-choice feminist Democrat and erstwhile editor in chief of Ms. magazine, thinks Sarah Palin is a brilliant woman : Now by “smart,” I don’t refer to a person who is wily or calculating or nimble in the way of certain talented athletes who we admire but suspect . . . . Continue Reading »

Halloween is just around the corner, and we know many readers’ chief preoccupation will be finding an original costume. Who better to go to for ideas than Bob Dylan , one of our greatest purveyors of weird and wacky images? . . . . Continue Reading »